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Canada Jetlines outlines potential Qatar Airways collaboration

Source: Canada Jetlines Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd. is pleased to announce that it is in discussions with Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C. (“Qatar Airways”) to explore a potential collaboration between the two airlines. Subject to all regulatory approvals, the parties are discussing the possibility of including non-stop flights between Toronto-Pearson and Doha, the home of Qatar Airways. This would offer Canadian travellers access to Qatar Airways' unparalleled network via Doha to destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Indian Subcontinent and across Asia. "We are pleased to discuss potential opportunities with Qatar Airways, an international airline known for its world-class service and consistently recognised by the industry and consumers as the best airline in the world," said Eddy Doyle, President & CEO of [...]

2023-03-17T13:54:14+02:00March 16th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|
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Ismail Polat, Chief Planning Officer at iGA Istanbul Airport: “We are encouraging airlines to connect Latin America to other parts of the world through our city”

By Jeff Peet, ALA News Managing Editor, from Istanbul. In terms of the environment, you have made a huge advance in water saving, for example. What are the improvements you have implemented and was that a goal or is it part of a greater plan? We are committed to the 2050 goals of the industry. When we started this project back in 2014-2015, the first department that was formed was the one dedicated to the environment. Even before the design and planning stages, such area was already in place so the whole project was put in that perspective. But environment to us goes beyond as we have managed sustainability concerns and improvements from the first minute. That has been an [...]

2023-03-17T02:04:05+02:00March 16th, 2023|Interviews|
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Embraer, ITA, and FAPESP open Engineering Research Center to accelerate Future Air Mobility

Source: Embraer Governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, was at the ceremony About 150 professionals are expected to compose the scientific research environment Embraer, ITA (Aeronautical Technological Institute), and FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Support Foundation) held today the inauguration ceremony of the Engineering Research Center (CPE), dedicated to the Air Mobility for the Future studies. The event, held at the ITA campus in Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, was attended by the governor of the State of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, by the director of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Lieutenant General Maurício Augusto Silveira de Medeiros, by the president of FAPESP, Marco Antonio Zago, and the rector of ITA, Professor Anderson Ribeiro Correia, [...]

2023-03-16T02:20:36+02:00March 16th, 2023|MANUFACTURERS, News|
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CANSO and Infina sign a partnership offering virtual training to the aviation community

Source: CANSO Through a partnership signed recently, CANSO and Infina agreed to be delivering cost-effective technical and management micro-learning and mixed media courses, virtually to the global aviation community. Infina adapted its courses to ICAO requirements and industry instructional design standards, tested with audiences in the U.S.A and its territories, and modified the content to benefit CANSO member countries and stakeholders globally. The technical and management courses are formatted for computer-based learning and include micro-learning modules that, reinforced over time, help to retain knowledge. The courseware is designed to be delivered on multiple platforms suitable for live-streaming, video, PowerPoint, and in-person classroom-style delivery. CANSO and Infina will start with ten micro-learning courses reflecting a mix of short learning videos and [...]

2023-03-15T19:39:15+02:00March 16th, 2023|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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SITA and Volocopter collaborate on digital infrastructure for vertiports

Source: SITA New partnership agreement sees SITA join Volocopter’s Series E funding round Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), and SITA, the world’s leading IT provider to the air transport industry, have entered a partnership, with SITA selected as Volocopter’s preferred digital and IT systems partner for vertiports. Under the agreement, SITA has become the latest investor to join Volocopter’s Series E funding round, cementing the strategic vision espoused by this partnership.  UAM will offer a new form of sustainable aviation, replete with multiple mobility options to cities worldwide. The company’s launch product, the VoloCity electric air taxi, will operate routes in congested megacities to offer future passengers stable, quiet, and safe flights. Flights can be hailed via [...]

2023-03-16T19:34:49+02:00March 16th, 2023|News, SUPPLIERS|
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Leading the way with Women in Aviation

Source: American Airlines American Airlines hired the first female graduates from the American Airlines Cadet Academy to join the mainline flight deck as first officers at the 2023 Women in Aviation International Conference. In addition to this special milestone, American extended 52 pilot job offers at the conference — the only mainline airline carrier to do so. The American Airlines Cadet Academy, which celebrates its five-year anniversary in July, provides a structured platform to eliminate the financial barriers prospective pilots face. The Cadet Academy supports the growth of American’s pilot population while creating greater diversity amongst the future and current pilot ranks — with more than 30% of enrolled cadets being female. The Cadet Academy helps close the gap between dreams [...]

2023-03-16T19:34:15+02:00March 16th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|
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Frans van de Pol Elected IAMA’s New Chairman of the Board

Source: IAMA Aviation expert brings 35+ years of diverse experience to role at the alliance Frans van de Pol, a seasoned aviation industry expert, has been elected chairman of the executive board of IAMA, the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance. He replaces outgoing chair Marc Pinault, who remains a board member but who stepped down March 7th. Joining IAMA's board in 2021, van de Pol leads Fokker Services engineering business unit and brings a broad range and wealth of experience to the chairman role. Having started his career in aviation on Fokker's assembly line, he moved to engineering technical support, then aircraft modifications and leading Fokker's American and Netherlands component MRO. Along the way, van de Pol also worked in product [...]

2023-03-16T02:41:14+02:00March 16th, 2023|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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Royal Schiphol Group: Traffic and transport figures for February 2023

Source: Royal Schiphol Group Almost 3.8 million passengers flew from, via or to Schiphol in February 2023. That is an increase compared to 2022 (+42%) and 2021 (+649%). The amount of flights to and from Schiphol was 28,345. That also is an increase compared to 2022 (+17%) and 2021 (+166%). The number of passengers and the number of flights are lower than in 2019 and 2020. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Number of passengers 4,843,899 4,716,826 505,208 2,660,917 3,782,228 Number of commercial flights 35,195 34,979 10,655 24,129 28,345 Number of cargo flights    1,061 1,072 2,211 1,731 1,333 Transported tonnage   115,797 116,217 125,137 118,274 109,035 Passengers  Of the almost 3.8 million passengers in February, almost 1.5 million passengers had a transfer [...]

2023-03-16T19:41:56+02:00March 15th, 2023|AIRPORTS, News|
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SITA and Lufthansa automate bag reflight operations to reduce mishandled bag costs and improve the passenger experience

Source: SITA Automating the repatriation of bags is faster than ever before despite staffing shortages SITA and Lufthansa have joined forces to explore ways to reduce mishandled baggage costs and improve the passenger experience by digitally automating baggage re-flight operations. Mishandled baggage between two flight connections is a major pain point for the industry, costing it billions of dollars each year. The ability to address the issue of staff shortages and baggage mishandling is of paramount importance post-pandemic. Aviation lost around 2.3 million jobs during COVID, while recording US$2.2 billion in the cost of mishandled baggage in 2022 – including over 4 million bags mishandled during transfer. SITA’s WorldTracer Auto Reflight reflights bags digitally, without any human intervention, reducing cost [...]

2023-03-16T19:42:30+02:00March 15th, 2023|AIRLINES, News, SUPPLIERS|
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FSF Global Safety Report Highlights Runway Safety, Turbulence Risks

Source: FSF Turbulence, runway excursions and ground damage were the most common accident types among airliners operating globally in passenger and cargo service in 2022, according to Flight Safety Foundation’s 2022 Safety Report. The report, released today, is based on an analysis of preliminary accident data and information contained in the Foundation’s Aviation Safety Network (ASN) global database. In releasing the report, the Foundation also launched a new, interactive dashboard featuring accident data and information from the past six years that is searchable by a range of parameters, such as type of operation, region of the world, phase of flight, and accident type or end state, such as turbulence, loss of control or controlled flight into terrain. In 2022, jet and turboprop aircraft [...]

2023-03-15T18:02:58+02:00March 15th, 2023|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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